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L. EHRLI-CH.

4(No Model.)

PAPER GUTTER.

No. 888,018'.` Patented oct. 88, 1888.

A stand having a vertical shaft or spindle, 2`

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Parana* LEO EIIRLICH, OF S'I. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR rIO THE AMERICAN ROLL PAPER COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

PAPER=CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 392,016, dated October 30, 1888.

(No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Luo EHRLICII, of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Paper-0utters, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in Which- Figure I is a perspective view of my improved papercutter. Fig. II is a top View with the string-holder and roller removed.

My invention relates to an improvement in cutters for wrappingpaper; and my invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, l represents a 7 upon which fits a roller, 3, upon which thcpaper 4 is Wound.

5 represents an arm extending horizontally from the stand beneath the roller. To its outer end is pivoted a plate or bar, 6, at 7. On the inner end of the plate or bar is a knife, 8, eX- tending in a vertical direction longitudinally of the roller.

9 represents a spring secured at one end to the plate or bar 6, and bearing at its otherend against a pin or projection, 10, on the arm 5. The tendency of this spring is to hold the knife against the paper on the roller and to feed the knife automatically toward the roller as the paper is removed. The spring permits ofthe plate or bar being swung away from the roller a sufficient distance for a fresh roll vof paper to be supplied, and the spring preferably has a hooked end, 11, to prevent its be ing disengaged from the pin or projection 10 as the knife is moved from the roller.

Fitting on the shaft or spindle 2 is astringholder, l2, which has a hollow neck or shank, 13, fitting over the spindle.

It will thus be seen that the stand, as Well as supporting the Wrapping-paper and the knife by which the paperis cut, also supports the holder for retaining the string by which j the package is tied up.

I claim as my inventionl. In a paper-cutter, the combination of a stand having a vertical shaft or spindle, roller on the shaft or spindle, vertical knife, and a stringholder mounted on the shaft or spindle, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a papencuttcr, the combination of the stand having a shaft or spindle, roller on the spindle, arm projecting horizontally from the stand, plate or bar pivoted to the arm, knife secured to the plate or bar, and a spring connecting the plate or bar to the arm, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a paper cutter, the combination of the stand having a vertical spindle, roller fitting on the spindle, arm projecting horizontally from the stand, plate or bar pivo'ted to the arm, spring having a hooked free end secured to the plate or bar and bearing at its free end against a pin or projection on the arm, vertical knife secured to the inner end of the plate or arm, and a string-holder located on the spindle above the roller, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

LEO EHlRLlCH.

In presence of- SAML. KNIGHT, BENJN. A. KNIGHT. 

